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The International Network for Rational Use of Drugs (INRUD) was established in 1989 to design, test, and disseminate effective strategies to improve the way drugs are prescribed, dispensed, and used, with a particular emphasis on resource poor countries.
The network now comprises 23 groups, 18 from Africa, Asia and Latin America, and other groups from the World Health Organization/ Department of Essential Drugs and Medicines Policy, the Harvard Medical School Department of Ambulatory Care, the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, the University of Newcastle in Australia, and a secretariat based in Management Sciences for Health in the United States.
A key responsibility for any health program or organization is ensuring that high-quality essential drugs are available, affordable, and used rationally. For both health systems and individuals, pharmaceuticals represent a major expenditure. Misuse of scarce resources, makes a difficult situation even worse. To improve this situation, it is crucial to improve the use of medicines. INRUD's mission is to identify the best ways of improving their use and to disseminate these findings.
The INRUD secretariat now receives financial support primarily from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Historically, INRUD has been funded by the Danish International Development Agency with ad hoc support from other donors, including the Pew Charitable Trusts, the World Health Organization's Department of Essential
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